Unlimited backup storage you say? So if I put one Windows PC client connected to backblaze, all other machines can use some software to use that machine over LAN and use it as a backup server. What's to prevent that?<p>The single PC can cache the backup data, only download backups from backblaze when absolutely no other backup copies exist locally.<p>If backblaze allows this, I think this can be an interesting low cost device for backing up potentially huge amount of data cheaply.
Yeah, a company C-A-N abuse our service doing this. It does violate the spirit of our terms of agreement, but honestly... We probably wouldn't notice and wouldn't terminate your account. In fact, we do not throttle our network connections either... If you have a TB of data, bring it on.<p>We have disrupted this market by creating our own storage and cloud management system. Our costs are far below our competitors. We are profitable and cash flow positive. The occasional abuse won't change that. If you don't know about this, check out our blog articles about our storage pod... <a href="http://blog.backblaze.com. " rel="nofollow">http://blog.backblaze.com. </a><p>In general, companies don't do abuse us. They know it is in their best interest that we are profitable and thriving. Otherwise, how could be continue to provide the least expensive business online backup available? Every other competitor charges companies on a per GB basis. Our service ... at $50/computer for unlimited storage is both inexpensive and predictable.<p>Finally, when someone uploads a 1TB of data on our service, they tend to tell everyone they know! This attracts a lot of customers to start using our service with far less than 1TB of data. You can't buy publicity like that. <p>Hope that helps you understand what we are up to. Email me if you have questions... If you are a true hacker, figuring out my email address will be a piece of cake.<p>-- Nilay Patel
VP Sales, Backblaze